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Memorable Images of "The First Year"
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Oblique aerial photograph of north flank, crater, lava dome and new glacier (behind dome), Mount St. Helens, Washington state, USA. Mount Hood, Oregon, in faintly visible in the background.
USGS photograph taken on 26 September, 2004 by John S. Pallister.
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Western side of Mount St. Helens crater, and dome, showing the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Steve Schilling.
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Western side of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, showing west side of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Steve Schilling.
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Western side of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, showing east side of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Steve Schilling.
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Increased eathquake activity at Mount St. Helens gets the attention of the news media. View is at Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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USGS Scientists installing gas monitoring equipment in helicopter.
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Steve Schilling.
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USGS Scientist setting up GPS unit Mount St. Helens to monitor any ground movement.
USGS photograph taken on 27 September 2004 by Mike Lisowski.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) Press Conference with USGS volcanologist Cynthia Gardner.
USGS photograph taken on September 29, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) Press Conference with USGS seismologist Seth Moran.
USGS photograph taken on September 29, 2004, by Elliott Endo.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome.
USGS photograph taken on 29 September 2004 by Mike Poland and Dan Dzurisin.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 29 September 2004 by Mike Poland and Dan Dzurisin.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the west, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 29 September 2004 by Mike Poland and Dan Dzurisin.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the east, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 29 September 2004 by Mike Poland and Dan Dzurisin.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist Michael Poland collects information from a Global Positioning System (GPS) station on the east flank of Mount St. Helens (station Southeast Ridge). Mount Adams volcano is visible in the distance. More than a dozen GPS stations have been installed on or around Mount St. Helens to measure any deformation of the ground surface that might accompany an intense swarm of earthquakes that began on September 23.
USGS photograph taken on 30 September 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist Dan Dzurisin collects information from a Global Positioning System (GPS) station high on the east flank of Mount St. Helens (station Nelson Ridge). More than a dozen GPS stations have been installed on or around Mount St. Helens to measure any deformation of the ground surface that might accompany an intense swarm of earthquakes that began on September 23.
USGS photograph taken on 30 September 2004 by Michael Poland.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, as seen from the southeast, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 30 September 2004 by Mike Poland and Dan Dzurisin.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) Press Conference with USGS scientist Jon Major.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, at 1:30 PM, by Lyn Topinka.
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:03:32 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:03:55 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Crater/Plume image, Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken at 12:16:01 PDT on October 1, 2004, by John Pallister
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Mount St. Helens' west crater floor, after steam and ash eruption.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Plume from Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Volcanic ash of the October 1, 2004 event.
USGS photograph by Carl Thornber.
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Volcanic ash of the October 1, 2004 event. Field of view is 600 microns.
USGS photograph by Carl Thornber.
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The press interviews USGS scientist just back from the field in this night shot.
USGS photograph taken on October 1, 2004, by Lyn Topinka.
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South side of Mount St. Helens lava dome, showing the dome and part of the glacier forming at the base of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on 2 October 2004 by Mike Poland.
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Ash on southwest crater floor, as seen from the south crater rim. Mount St. Helens dome is on the right.
USGS photograph taken on 2 October 2004 by Mike Poland.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) with news media trucks outside.
USGS photograph taken on October 2, 2004, by Lyn Topinka.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) press conference with Department of the Interior Secretary Gale Norton.
USGS photograph taken on October 2, 2004, by Elliott Endo.
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Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) press conference: USGS Volcanologist Dan Miller fields questions from the media. Department of the Interior Secretary Gale Norton is behind on the right.
USGS photograph taken on October 2, 2004, by Elliott Endo.
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News media at Coldwater Ridge.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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USGS scientist takes EDM measurements at the Johnston Ridge Observatory.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the southwest. Spirit Lake is just visible upper left.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens dome and glacier uplift from the east.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens dome and jumbled glacier from the south.
USGS photograph taken on October 3, 2004, by Stephanie Konfal and Dan Dzurisin.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist, Dan Gooding, collects ash from the October 4, 2004 Mount St. Helens event.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist installs buckets to collect any ash which might come that direction. This bucket is located on Shoestring Notch, on the southeast rim of Mount St. Helens.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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U.S. Geological Survey scientist installs buckets to collect any ash which might come that direction. Another Cascade Range volcano, Mount Adams, is in the background.
USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004 by Matt Logan and Winston Stokes.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, showing ash covered areas, and new vent. Spirit Lake is in the background.
USGS photograph taken 4 October, 2004, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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USGS photograph taken on October 4, 2004.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume, from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:29:21 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:50:58 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 09:56:05 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater rim and ash from recent plume.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 at 10:16:03 PDT, by Steve Schilling.
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USGS scientist, Steve Schilling, attaches the FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) to the helicopter.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 by Larry Mastin.
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USGS scientist, Steve Schilling, operating the FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) while in flight.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 by Larry Mastin.
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Helicopter with FLIR mounted below nose, with Mount St. Helens eruption in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on 5 October 2004 by Larry Mastin.
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Seismic drums set up for the media, at the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO).
USGS photograph taken October 6, 2004 by John Clemens.
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Seismic drum set up for the media, at the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO).
USGS photograph taken October 6, 2004 by John Clemens.
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View from the east side of Mount St. Helens lava dome looking at the lava dome (right) and the uplift of the glacier and south flank of the lava dome (left).
USGS Photograph taken on 7 October 2004 by Dan Dzurisin.
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USGS scientist collection ash sample.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Cynthia Gardner.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl remote camera, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken on 10 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on 11 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Remote still camera, on loan from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) in place on Sugar Bowl. Mount St. Helens' lava dome is in the background.
USGS photograph taken on 12 October 2004 by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Visual image and FLIR image for comparison, of new growth on dome.
USGS images taken on 13 October 2004.

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Mount St. Helens crater, dome, and uplift with new growth and new avalanche fan, as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Richard Waitt.
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Mount St. Helens dome and uplift with new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on 14 October 2004, by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Sugar Bowl remote camera, on the northeast flank.
USGS Photograph taken at 18:10:18 PDT on 15 October 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Sampling equipment for taking rock samples from the dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 20, 2004.
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Slinging sampling equipment for taking rock samples from the dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 20, 2004.
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Rock samples from the dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 20, 2004.
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Rock samples from the dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 20, 2004.
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Prepping MID9 GPS station for it's sling to the dome. Due to weather this station was dropped off (temporarily) on a boulder on the north side of the dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 24, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Ice-covered remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on 24 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Ice-covered remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on 24 October 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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USGS scientist, Kurt Spicer, transports the Elk Rock AFM station to its location.
USGS photograph taken on October 25, 2004, by Dennis Saunders.
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Picking up MID9 GPS spider for final sling to Opus, on the south of the old dome.
USGS photograph taken on October 27, 2004, by John Pallister.
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MID9 GPS spider on Opus.
USGS photograph taken on October 27, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens new growth, closein, from the west-northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on 27 October 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on 29 October 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens' plume, looking into the sun.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' crater, dome, and new growth, from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Base of Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Ash layers fallen on snow, at South Ridge.
USGS photograph on November 4, 2004, by Carl Thornber.
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USGS scientists examine new rock samples from the new growth on Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by David Wieprecht.
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2004 - Hypersthene-Hornblende Dacite (collected November 4, 2004), 65.3 weight % SiO2.
  • Hornblende is the dominant mafic mineral
  • Hypersthene is smaller and less abundant and augite is not present
  • No significant hornblende reaction rims
  • Lacks large plagioclase phenocrysts with sieve-textured cores

USGS Photograph by Carl Thornber and Mike Clynne.
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2004 - Hornblende in dome dacite (collected November 4, 2004).
USGS Photograph by Carl Thornber and Mike Clynne.
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USGS photograph taken on November 4, 2004 by John Pallister.
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USGS photograph taken on November 4, 2004 by John Pallister.
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Night shot (approximately 7:30 PM PST) of new growth on Mount St. Helens' lava dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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Hot glowing new growth on Mount St. Helens' lava dome, as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), with base of small steam and ash plume.
USGS Photograph taken on November 4, 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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Hoala AFM station (Acoustic Flow Monitor).
USGS photograph taken on November 5, 2004, by Tom Hale.
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Mount St. Helens new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup view of Mount St. Helens new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup view of Mount St. Helens new growth, from nearly vertical view. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on November 7, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and lava dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' new growth, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 10, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 12, 2004, by Willie Scott.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on November 14, 2004.
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Portable Telemetered Stations, L1 GPS spiders, on the ground at the Gravelyard, waiting to be slung to Mount St. Helens crater. The seismic station NED is on the left. It is to be placed on the 1980-86 dome, along with one of the GPS stations (NEDB).
USGS photograph taken on November 20, 2004.
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Slinging Portable Telemetered GPS System (NEDB) to the dome top of the new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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GPS spider, NEDB on the left and seismic system NED on the right, deployed on the 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the south-southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Southwest view of glacial uplift.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Steve Schilling.
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New growth on Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the east.
USGS images taken on 20 November 2004, by Jeff Marso.
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Visual image compared to FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) image of new growth on dome, as seen from the east.
USGS images taken on 20 November 2004, by Jeff Marso, Matt Logan, and Stephanie Konfal.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' new growth, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on November 20, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome, with new growth, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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New growth from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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From the east, view of the glacier uplift agains the south crater wall.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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USGS scientists (yellow circle) on Mount St. Helens' crater rim setting up new camera station ("Brutus") to look at the new dome. The camera station is to be manned manually, weather and eruption permitting.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by John Pallister.
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New dome and glacier uplift, as seen from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on November 29, 2004, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and dome from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on December 11, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on December 11, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' dome from the Sugar Bowl remote camera. Image has been converted to black/white for clarity.
USGS Photograph taken on December 17, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Ice build up on the Sugar Bowl Camera.
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' dome from Sugar Bowl. Large crack down center of new growth is a fault (one of many on the dome), with the right section becoming higher than the left.
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Mount St. Helens dome from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Elliot Endo.
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Seismic spider (painted green). This unit was designed with a seperate weighted accelerometer (seismic unit)to replace the unit put out on November 20, 2004.
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Seismic spider (painted green).
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Mike Poland.
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Slinging Portable Seismic spider.
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Marv Couchman.
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Portable Seismic spider, in place on top of the 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on December 23, 2004, by Marv Couchman.
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Aerial, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on December 28, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Stephanie Konfal.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on December 28, 2004, by Jim Vallance and Stephanie Konfal.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome from the northeast, showing fault (one of many on the dome) with the right side of the new dome (north side) becoming higher than the left side of the new dome (south side).
USGS Photograph taken on December 28, 2004, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Ken McGee.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, by Steve Schilling.
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Slinging newly gathered dome rocks.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Newly gathered dome rocks.
USGS Photograph taken on January 3, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005.
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The "tilt-leg spider" CDAN (GPS and accelerometer) and the remote dome camera/gas monitoring station getting ready to be slung.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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New dome camera/gas monitoring station sitting on Sugar Bowl. The 3-foot-high legs are for sinking into the snow when camera is put in place on the dome. Mount Adams is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Slinging new remote dome camera/gas monitoring station.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Helicopter landing, at "Opus" area of the dome, north of the new dome. The new dome camera/gas sampling station is to the right (above yellow line) underneath helicopter. The GPS/accelerometer spider is just visible as a speck on top of new dome (yellow circle). The area of orange paint splotches on the new dome is within the yellow square.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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New "tilt-leg spider" on top of north-face of the new dome. This station houses GPS and an accelerometer.
USGS Photograph taken on January 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Remains of the dome camera/gas sampling station on Opus, after the event of January 16, 2005. The camera is missing, wooden base and fiberglass housing are broken, gas intake tube is disconnected, and there are three holes in the roof, and, although not obvious here, the station is tilted eastward 10-20 degrees (i.e., away from the likely source of the explosion).
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Ash collecting, Plains of Abraham, on the eastern flank of Mount St. Helens.
USGS Photograph taken on January 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome. North is to the bottom and south to the top.
USGS Photograph taken on January 23, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens as seen from the northeast. Spirit Lake is in the lower left. St. Helens Lake is in the lower right.
USGS Photograph taken on February 1, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. as seen from the north. The new dome is visible behind the old dome.
USGS Photograph taken on February 1, 2005, by John Pallister and Rozalind Helz.
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Aerial view, Mount St. as seen from the north. The new dome is visible behind the old dome.
USGS Photograph taken on February 1, 2005, by John Pallister and Rozalind Helz.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on February 1, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome, glacier uplift, and old dome, as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on February 1, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on February 3, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome, as seen from the southeast.
USGS Photograph taken on February 3, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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USGS "spider" named "AHAB" is getting ready to be slung to the "whaleback". AHAB contains GPS, seismic, and temperature gages.
USGS Photograph taken on February 8, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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USGS "spider" named "AHAB" perched on new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on February 10, 2005, by Rick LaHusen.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from the east. New growth is on the left and the older 1980-1986 dome is on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from the east. New growth is on the left and the older 1980-1986 dome is on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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Upper part of Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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Upper part of Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the north. Temperature in degrees C.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Jim Vallance and John Ewert.
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North base of Mount St. Helens' new growth as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Pat McChesney.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Joe Walder.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl, converted to black/white.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005.
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MIDE seismic station.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Pat McChesney.
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MIDE seismic station landing at Opus, on the south side of the old dome.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Pat McChesney.
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USGS "spiders" on Opus. From top to bottom are: MIDE-seismic, deployed on February 16th; MID9, a GPS station which was destroyed in the event of January 16th; and MIDE-GPS, which was deployed on February 10th, 2005.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Pat McChesney.
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From the south looking down the east arm of Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Joe Walder.
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Cracks in the east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Joe Walder.
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Two GPS units (ICY4 and ICY5) were deployed to the east arm of Crater Glacier. ICY5 is speck just visible within the orange circle.
USGS Photograph taken on February 16, 2005, by Pat McChesney.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from the north-northwest. A scar from a rockfall of early morning February 22, 2005, is apparent on right side of the "whaleback" feature. This scar is roughly 100 meters long and 50 meters high. The 1980-85 lava dome is visible in the lower left, and the east arm of the Crater Glacier is visible on the left between the crater wall and the new dome. Mount Hood, Oregon, is on the horizon on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and new dome as seen from the northwest. A scar from a rockfall of early morning February 22, 2005, is apparent on right side of the "whaleback" feature. This scar is roughly 100 meters long and 50 meters high. The 1980-85 lava dome is visible in the lower left corner. The east arm of the Crater Glacier is visible on the left between the crater wall and the new dome. Shoestring Notch is the "V" shape along the crater wall.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome with scar, as seen from the west-northwest. The scar is from a rockfall of early morning February 22, 2005, and is roughly 100 meters long and 50 meters high.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Closeup of Mount St. Helens' new dome with scar, as seen from the west. The scar is from a rockfall of early morning February 22, 2005, and is roughly 100 meters long and 50 meters high.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome from the south. Compare with "MSH05_top_new_dome_from_south_02-25-05_med.jpg" of February 25, 2005, above.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome and glacier uplift, as seen from the east. Compare with "MSH05_new_dome_glacier_uplift_from_east_02-25-05_med.jpg" of February 25, 2005, above.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Surface of the east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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USGS scientist photographs the dome from "Brutus", the crater rim camera station.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Steve Schilling and Dan Dzurisin.
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Using helicopter to gather dome samples.
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on February 22, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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East arm of the Crater Glacier. Image taken from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken February 22, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on February 24, 2005.
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Aerial view of a steaming Mount St. Helens from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on February 25, 2005, by Mike Doukas and Julie Griswold.
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Aerial view of a steaming Mount St. Helens with Mount Hood in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on February 25, 2005, by Mike Doukas and Julie Griswold.
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Aerial view of a steaming Mount St. Helens with Mount Adams in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on February 25, 2005, by Mike Doukas and Julie Griswold.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on March 3, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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East arm of the Crater Glacier. Image taken from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO). Compare with MSH05_east_arm_crater_glacier_from_JRO_ash_03-09-05_med.jpg taken 6 days later and covered with ash from event of March 8, 2005 (above).
USGS Photograph taken March 9, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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Plume from Mount St. Helens, as seen from the Cascade Volcano Observatory Office roof, taken approximately at 5:30 PM, PST. Plume is drifting east-northeast after reaching approximately 36,000 feet above sea level.
USGS Photograph taken at approximately 5:30 PM PST on March 8, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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DomeCam from Sugar Bowl, at 5:27:42 P.M. PST.
USGS Photograph taken at approximately 5:27:42 PM PST on March 8, 2005.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens with plume, as seen from the south. Mount Rainier, Washington, is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken March 8, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens with plume, as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken March 8, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Telemetered station ICY5, on east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on March 9, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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Seismic spider NED, damaged in the event of March 8, 2005, after being pulled off the dome.
USGS Photograph taken March 10, 2005, by David Wieprecht.
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Seismic spider NED, damaged in the event of March 8, 2005, after being pulled off the dome. Juvenile rock has melted into nylon rope.
USGS Photograph taken March 10, 2005, by David Wieprecht.
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Mount St. Helens as seen from the north-northwest. Mount Hood, Oregon, can be seen in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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New dome and glacier uplift, as seen from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Blocky section of Mount St. Helens' Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Crevasse on Mount St. Helens' Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on March 11, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from over the south rim.
USGS Photograph taken on March 15, 2005, by Jim Vallance.
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New dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on March 15, 2005, by Jim Vallance.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on March 15, 2005.
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Putting a spider together at the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO).
USGS Photograph taken on March 23, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Putting a spider together at the Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO).
USGS Photograph taken on March 23, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on April 6, 2005 by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the north-northwest. Note new ashfall on glacier surface on the east side of the dome (left in view).
USGS Photograph taken on April 10, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Top of Mount St. Helens' new dome as seen from the west. Closeup of protrusion.
USGS Photograph taken on April 10, 2005 by John Pallister.
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New dome and glacier uplift, as seen from Brutus Camera Station.
USGS Photograph taken on April 10, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Top of new dome as seen from Brutus Camera Station. Note helicopter slinging in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on April 10, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Collecting ash, East Crater Glacier, using helicopter and the Jaws II Dredge.
USGS photograph on April 10, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on April 14, 2005.
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"Spiders".
USGS Photograph taken on April 14, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Preparing "Spider" for deployment to Mount St. Helens' crater.
USGS Photograph taken on April 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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"Spider" ready to be slung to Mount St. Helens' crater.
USGS Photograph taken on April 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Landing spider on top of Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on April 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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Spider in place on top of Mount St. Helens' dome.
USGS Photograph taken on April 19, 2005, by Dan Dzurisin.
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USGS scientist photographing Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on April 20, 2005, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on April 20, 2005, by Gene Iwatsubo.
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Mount St. Helens' crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on April 20, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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East arm of the Crater Glacier. Image taken from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken April 20, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on April 21, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on April 21, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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Base of the "whaleback" feature on the new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on April 21, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Base of the "whaleback" feature on the new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on April 21, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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Sunset, Mount St. Helens from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on April 26, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Sunset, Mount St. Helens from the west. Mount Adams is in the distance.
USGS Photograph taken on April 26, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Sunset, Mount St. Helens from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on April 26, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on May 3, 2005, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome from the northwest, with FLIR comparison.
USGS Photograph taken on May 3, 2005, by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Dome as seen from Brutus, before rockfall off the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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Dome as seen from Brutus, with rockfall off the spine. Note missing piece.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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Spine, dome, as seen from Brutus, after rockfall off the spine. Note missing piece. View from Brutus.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens' spine on new dome, after rockfall of May 12th, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Ash plume fallout on snow from rockfall of May 12th.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the north-northwest, after the rockfall of May 12th.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' spine on new dome, after rockfall of May 12th, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens' spine on new dome as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Base of spine, from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the northeast, after the rockfall of May 12th. View shows the east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Head of the east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on May 12, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on May 21, 2005 at 10:57 AM PDT .
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Mount St. Helens Lava Dome as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Mount St. Helens new dome, with spine, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Base of the spine on top of the new dome, as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Top of new dome with spine, as seen from the east. Area within yellow circle is area which spider "SEV7" will be located.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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USGS vulcanologist, Rick LaHusen, prepares spider "SEV7" for transport to the dome.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Top of new dome with spider, as seen from the north. Area within yellow circle contains spider "SEV7". The edge of the spine is just visible on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on May 24, 2005 by Willie Scott.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens crater and dome, from the north-northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on May 25, 2005 by Ken McGee.
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Mount St. Helens new dome from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on May 25, 2005 by Ken McGee.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the south. Spirit Lake is visible in upper right corner.
USGS Photograph taken on May 25, 2005 by Ken McGee.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens from the north, with Mount Hood (left) and Mount Jefferson (right) on the horizon.
USGS Photograph taken on June 8, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens from the west. The flank of Mount Adams is just visible on the left.
USGS Photograph taken on June 8, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome from the north-northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on June 8, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on June 8, 2005 by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens new dome from the northwest. Orange appearing near some of the cracks on the smooth extrusion is oxidation from the steam, gases, and heat.
USGS Photograph taken on June 9, 2005 by Ken McGee.
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Aerial view Brutus Camera Station. The new dome is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on June 15, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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New spine, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on June 15, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Closeup, section of new spine, as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on June 15, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens top of new dome with spine, as seen from the southeast, FLIR.
USGS Photograph taken on June 15, 2005 by Jim Vallance and Matt Logan.
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Closeup, base of new spine.
USGS Photograph taken on June 15, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on June 19, 2005 by John Pallister.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on June 19, 2005 at 9:54 AM PDT .
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on June 21, 2005 by Jon Major.
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO) camera station.
USGS Photograph taken on June 24, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens from the north. Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background (middle skyline).
USGS Photograph taken on June 29, 2005, by Trystan Herriott.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on June 29, 2005, by Trystan Herriott.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on June 29, 2005, by Trystan Herriott.
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Mount St. Helens new dome from Brutus camera station.
USGS Photograph taken on June 30, 2005 by Angie Diefenbach.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on July 3, 2005 at 7:54 AM PDT .
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens crater and new dome as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the south.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Nearly vertical view of Mount St. Helens new dome. North is to the left.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Nearly vertical view of Mount St. Helens new dome, vent area. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Nearly vertical view of area of the East Arm of the Crater Glacier. North is to the top left.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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At staging area, sampler to gather dome rocks.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Slinging the rock sampler above the surface of the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Gathering dome rock samples from the surface of the spine.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005, by John Pallister.
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USGS Scientist examines contents of dome sampler.
USGS Photograph taken on July 13, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Mount St. Helens' new dome with hotspots and startrails, as seen from Loowit Viewpoint, just west of the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on July 14, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on July 17, 2005 at 9:54 AM PDT .
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Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on July 25, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on July 25, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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New dome with spine as seen from the Brutus camera station on the crater rim - with rockfall from the spine. Rockfall was approximately at 9:40 PDT.
USGS Photograph taken on July 26, 2005 by Steve Schilling and Helena Buurman.
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New dome with spine as seen from the Brutus camera station on the crater rim - with rockfall from the spine. Rockfall was approximately at 9:40 PDT.
USGS Photograph taken on July 26, 2005 by Steve Schilling and Helena Buurman.
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View of Mount St. Helens' spine from the northeast, before rockfall of approximately 9:40 PDT.
USGS Photograph taken on July 26, 2005 by Steve Schilling and Helena Buurman.
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Sharp point on spine, before rockfall of approximately 9:40 PDT.
USGS Photograph taken on July 26, 2005 by Steve Schilling and Helena Buurman.
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Early morning view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on July 27, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on July 27, 2005, by Elliot Endo.
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New dome, spine, from north-northwest.
USGS Photograph taken on July 28, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Slinging seismic spider RAFT into place. RAFT is being setup near to SEV7 GPS spider, located on new dome east side of spine.
USGS Photograph taken on July 28, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Seismic spider RAFT (yellow circle) and GPS spider SEV7 (white square) located at base of spine on the east side. Talus from the spine in in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on July 28, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Slinging GPS spider ELE4 to it's new location on the east arm of the Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on July 28, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Attempt to retrieve spider squished by rockfall. Attempt was unsuccessful. Rock could not be moved.
USGS Photograph taken on July 28, 2005, by Seth Moran.
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Mount St. Helens as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 2, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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New dome as seen from the older 1980-86 dome, from site of new tiltmeter. Looking up at spine area.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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New dome as seen from the older 1980-86 dome, from site of new tiltmeter. Looking up at spine area.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Aerial view, USGS scientists installing new tiltmeter on old 1980-86 dome.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Tiltmeter site on top of old 1980-86 dome, with new dome in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on August 5, 2005 by Dan Dzurisin.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens' crater as seen from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Vertical view, Mount St. Helens' southern part of new dome. North is to the left.
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Cynthia Gardner and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 10, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens at sunset, new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO), Loowit Viewpoint, with hot glow.
USGS Photograph taken on August 12, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from the Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 16, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on August 16, 2005.
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Ash Collection Spider (Petrology Spider). The Spider was designed to capture not only tephra, but plastic webbing was designed to melt and trap hot material such as small dacite ballistic visible on the left. On the right hot shards and ash were collected.
USGS photograph on August 19, 2005, by Carl Thornber.
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"Jaws II" sampler with rock collected.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005, by Tristan Herriott.
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"Jaws II" sampler with rock collected.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005, by Tristan Herriott.
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Examining sample of dome rock collected by "Jaws II".
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005, by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens new remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake are visible in the distance. Mount St. Helens' dome is out of sight on the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Steve Schilling.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005.
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Mount St. Helen's new dome as seen from the northwest. The old 1980-86 dome can be seen lower left. The west arm of Crater Glacier can be seen on the right.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Mount St. Helen's spine as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on August 19, 2005 by Carl Thornber.
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Evening, Mount St. Helens new dome, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim. Heat from the hot rock on the new dome is visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 21, 2005 at 8:42 P.M. PDT.
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Aerial view of Mount St. Helens new remote camera (yellow circle) located on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Mount St. Helens dome as seen from Brutus, on the southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Glacier Surface, East Arm of the Crater Glacier, as seen from Brutus, southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 23, 2005 by Helena Buurman and Matt Logan.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens dome from the southeast crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on August 26, 2005 by Kurt Spicer.
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Evening, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with hot spots visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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Night shot, rockfall, Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with hot spots visible.
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005.
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Top of Mount St. Helens new dome as seen from Johnston Ridge Observatory (JRO).
USGS Photograph taken on August 31, 2005 by Elliot Endo.
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Aerial view, Mount St. Helens crater and dome as seen from the west.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim, with helicopter (yellow circle).
USGS Photograph taken on September 1, 2005.
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Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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Mount St. Helens spine as seen from the southwest.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Matt Logan and Jim Vallance.
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USGS Scientist (left) views new spine. Image from the 1986 "September Lobe", north of Mount St. Helens new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Rockfall from newew spine as seen from the 1986 "September Lobe", north of Mount St. Helens new dome.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Tiltmeter station on the 1986 "September Lobe". Mount Rainier is in the background.
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Tiltmeter station on the 1986 "September Lobe".
USGS Photograph taken on September 2, 2005 by Dave Sherrod.
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Morning, new dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on September 14, 2005.
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Mount St. Helen's current spine, from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on September 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Closeup, base of Mount St. Helen's current spine, from the north.
USGS Photograph taken on September 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Ash Collection Spider ("Petrology Spider") landing on the south side of old dome.
USGS Photograph taken on September 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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Surface, east arm of Mount St. Helens' Crater Glacier.
USGS Photograph taken on September 14, 2005, by John Pallister.
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New dome as seen from the remote camera on Sugar Bowl.
USGS Photograph taken on September 18, 2005.
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Mount St. Helen's dome as seen from the Brutus. The old dome is on the right and the new dome on the left.
USGS Photograph taken on September 20, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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Mount St. Helen's spine as seen from the east.
USGS Photograph taken on September 20, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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Base of Mount St. Helen's spine as seen from the northeast.
USGS Photograph taken on September 20, 2005, by Dave Sherrod.
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Mount St. Helens spine, as seen from the remote camera on the southwest crater rim.
USGS Photograph taken on September 21, 2005.
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High angle view of Mount St. Helen's crater and new dome. North is to the bottom.
USGS Photograph taken on September 21, 2005, by John Ewert and Jim Vallance.
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Vertical view of Mount St. Helen's new dome. North is to the top.
USGS Photograph taken on September 21, 2005, by John Ewert and Jim Vallance.
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